Knitting fabrics having ribbed sections.



7R.. W. SCOTT.

AKNITTING FABRGS HAVING RBBED SECTIONS.

APPLIGATION FILED Nov. 2s, 19131 KNITTING FABRICS HAVING RIBBEDSECTIONS. i

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noBEnT'W. SCOTT, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Assrcmon` ToscQTT,&f.WLLLf1'-i,ms

INCORPORATED, oF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION or;

KNITTING FABRICS :eiAvING RIBBED SEcTic' 1\rS f- .15 thelnode ofknitting a fabric or article containing-a portion of ribbed web, and especially to facilitate that part of the operation which includes thedoubling of the Stitches of a'ribbed portion of the web upon .16 t eneedles of va-`machine to permit another web t be subsequently knittedin `continua` .tion of said ribbed web. 1., Another, object of my'invention is to irn' prove the mode of forming fabrics partly A2Q 1" tbe andv partly plain as for instance a 'stc ng having a ribbed leg web'anda plainfoot web knit" in continua-tion thereof.

f- These objects I attain in the manner here# Ainafter set forth,reference being had to the .Q5 accompanying drawing',in Which- Figure 1is 'a view .of a strip of rib knitted web made according to my method asit/ is delivered by the knit-ting machine; Fig. -2 is an exaggeratedView of a piece of ribbed web knitted in accordance with my invention;Fig. 3 is a similarview of another form of web knit dur-ing the practiceof my invention, and 'Figs 4, 5,- 6, and 7 are diagrams illustrating'the relative posit-ins of the cylI inder and dial needles in 'formingcertainsuccessive courses o f the' ribbed. web.

The prior art operation of -forming artic-les of the class to which mymethod is vpartif'zularly applicable has included the for` 40 ymation ofa section of ribbed web', the subsequent application of saidribbed webto a secondmachine capable of knitting the remain'- der yof the garment,and in the particular class of manufacture concerned it has neces-4sitated as an incident of this operation the doubling of certain loopsof the ribbed web upon the same needle of the second machine. Thisloperation has usually been performed by transferring the vloops of atransfer course M of a ribbed portion-doubled, or inpairs, to the samekimplement of a transfer device.

Thefoperation of doubling has included first applying'ftolfthe, needlesthe stitches of one face,oftheribbedAx web, lsay those-pro- I! 'duced`by4 the cylinder needles,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentdz l\ [g Application filedNovemberae, i913. 'serial 1.516.803,32?. f

- in the operation.

'of a ribbed knitted web" who 'plain -web machine withthe'smeffacilityia them to cross stitches adjdiningI 'wales of 1 theother face of the' web, and 'retaining vof both facesoftheribbedwebcanlbe snnu'l ribbed vweb and D', D 2 'e`t jt .of theotherface of thes mi 'wales C', C2, etc. 'of cor laterally to cross the stitL e ,for a course 4:, and the sit'c j.: wales C', J2 etc. being, inco vneedles of the two I nernbirs` f, the ,rib

the left of the needle clfandgthe needt andthen the stitches oftheother' face eb,

all of the needles of'theiimaclinereceivifng two stitches. This doubl"fr stitches" in 'transferring the cost of the runningeon pe object hastherefore beenit My improvements Vinc liide the prdductron thesfcan' betransferred to 'the needles, f1 L in making an ordinarysingleytransfer.f "This object- I attain by shoggingst-itclies"in`ivals" them in' such' new relation, whereby stitches@taneously transferred tof'zne'fan tha-same' .i needle of the secondaryittin `niacl ne with the same facility s nglets'tit'chi In Fig. 2 ofthedrawilfig, C ,v C2'. i resent the needle wales etc., respectively, durinback into their normal pos.

v inf said' courses 3 andftwbe slackenedin all of then7 cour-se '3 inorder to faci ring operation, and thefst r order to provide a' more Lpro'noiinc demarcation betweenv the clos tions of the web,althouglrthee, the stitches in wales D andy i wales C, C2, etc. and D Detc n course may be omitted, if des ,Th slacken'" stitches are of aid.to th of the instruments. i In Fig. Llof the drawingsuthfflet etc. andd', d?, etc. represen?? `lies p ect e'I ting machine, mythe @yieigenaar-a1; ia respect to one another during'ytheknitting ordinaryribbed web, the needle e being' 105 shogged to right or left to theextent of one gage, as shown the dial having moved to .the right, theneedles c2, c3, etc. now occupy- -needles el', cl2, etc.

ing positions respectively to the left of the The slack stitches vofcourse 4 are then drawn with the needles in ,this relation, as indicated.in Fig. Y 6, which shows the dial needles'. at the beginning. of their'retracting movement, which may of course occur -at each needle insuccession, after or during which movement' the needles are shogged.back to their normal relation, as .shown in Fig. 7 and knitting ofordinary ribbed Web is resumed. The stresses on the yarns in coursesBand4 as will be obvious from Fig. 2 are such as to hold open the shoggedloopsl ofl course 3' so as to provide an'area y at the crossing of faceand back Wales, presenting an easily visible .opening for the 'needle ortransfer- ,quilL which may be thrust through both needle. -Wale loopsWithout requiring close vision or so much skill or exercise of'oare bythe operator as is necessary for doubling a face and a back loop of theusual con-struction.

Instead of the reverse shogging operation just described, a singleshogging may `be employed, the result being the crossing ofA stitches ofthe Wales D', D2, etc. by stitches of the Wales C', C2, etc.'a's shownin' course 3 of Fig. 3. .In this oase the new relation of the face Walesto the back Wales, caused .by the sliogging of course 3, will bemaintained throughout the next section of ribbed Web to be knit. 'Thecourse?) may bemadel loose or elongated, as by causing the needles totake a longer draft, to suclia degree as is found desirable..

In the operation of the knitting machine. 'for the production ofstocking legs the 'ribbed web may first be. started with a welt m'orother desired finish for the top of the leg, as shown in Fig. l, andafter the desired length of ribbed web for the leg has been knitted, theslackened and sliogged course of stitches 3 will be produced'an'd then ashort length of ribbed Web'rt, for raveling back to the transfer course,as usual after the slack stitches `of said transfer course has beenapplied t'othe'needles of y the footing machine, the cycle of operationsbeing then-repeated. The Web thus knitted Will be severed onthe lines'-w, so as to' produce a number of leg Ablanks of ribbed- Web, each'.,having the desired finish m. at one end and Aa course or courses .ofslack'- ened and shogged. stitches 3, nea-r the other l end. l In "theuse of the'improved blank, the v procedure Will include'.` knitting 'astring Work as. described, severing it-into a num ber .of sections eachof vwhich may have Weltsm, .and each having shogged transfer courses `3,with short lengths't of ravelcourses tobe'removed at a later time; theniinpaling the stitches shogged intol overlying relation'k togetherdirectly upon the nec# dles of a second machine, or -upon the points fof a transfer. instrumentv preparatoryl to placing said loops upon theneedles ofthe second machine. The -ravelcourses having been removed, theloops so iinpaled Will be knit through when forming the initial loops'of the remaining portion ofthe garment for instance' the heel, foot andtoe of a stocking.

It will be observedthat for my iin-- proved process Ifemploy onlyfamiliar mav chines, comprisin' -a ribber capable of 'making shoggedWork, and a footing or other machine capable of knitting the plainfabric parts of the garment.

It Will be understood that my improved method of' making garmentscontaining `a ribbed section is particularly useful in the case voftubular articles,- knit by a circular operation yof the instruments,since the' method necessitates no complexities in the machineryrequired, and may be practised.

With theaid of the simple prior art devices for shogging one needlecarrier With respect tothe other. u

` -By the practi of my method, I. am enabled to avoid the` transfer ofloops from the needles of one carrier tothe other,'as`

Well as avoidingv the skilful and tedious hand operation of doubling theloops on the transfer quills as .commonly practised in connection withordinary rib tops..

What I claimis v I 1 .l The method of 'knitting anaiticlehaving ribbedparts and plain'4 parts comprising first knitting ribbed -fabric havingat intei-vals a-course of loops of one'face each crossing a loop of the'other face, then removing from said fabric a portion contaii'i-` ing acourse of thesaid crossing loops, and

impaling each pair of crossed loops of' said portion on the needles ofa. knitting 'maf chine and then `knitting the fabricloii said needles.

2; The method of knitting an arti-cle havp ing ribbed parts and plain.parts comprising of the fabric on said needles.

'3. The method of knitting an articlehav.- ing ribbed parts and plainparts comprising first knitting continuous. ribbed fabric hav. ingthroughout at like intervals aseries of loopsof one face shogged-acrossloopsin the same course of the other face ,zthen`remoing fromsaid fabric -azportion "containing One series vof thesaid"shogged loopsimpidithe remainder of' and then knitting relation with respect`to loopsof the other face, then knittingano'ther section of ribbed.

fabric and thereafterl severing from the .length of ribbed fabric aportion containing the shoggedloops; vthereafter, impal'ing eachcrossing pair of loops lon the needles of a second machine, and thenknitting the'.

remainder `of the fabric on said needles.

5. The method 'of knittingan article havfirst lmitting a. section fribbed fabric,

i .ing ribbed parts .and plaiopar-ts comprising -shogging the loops ofon 'face thereof into crossing relation 4with respect to the .loopsoftheother face, then knittinganother sec-l tion of ribbed fabric andthereafterv severfrom'the lengthV of ribbed fabric a por-l tion'containing the shogged loops; then im- :paling each 'crossing pair. ofloopson the same pomt or quillof a transfer implement,

I thereafter transferringthe said por-tion to the needles .of a secondmachine, and then knitting the remainder of the fabric on said needles.

.-6. The mated of knitting an article havj ing ribbed parts and plainparts compris- Y -ing rstknitting ribbed fabric having at 35.

intervals a course of loops of one face sho-gged across the loops of the's ame' course in the other face, then separating from said fabr1c aportion contalning one course of.

the -shogged loops, then impaling the shog'ged loops of said portionWhere they cross in pairs uponthesame point or' quill o f a transferimplement, then raveling so Amuch of the ribbed fabric as extendslbeyond the impaled courses on' one side, and then 'transferring theimpaled course to the needles of a knitting machine to knit theremainder lof the fabric.

7 The method of knitting an article having ribbed parts and plain partsWhich comprises the formation of a succession of united webs Wholly ofribl knitting of a' uniform number of Wales .each web having thereinstitches of one face shogged across stitches of the other facein` atleast one course, 1n

thereafter SeVeringsaid vweb .at 'points-near L 'eachsho'gged course;and thereafter apply-.

fcourse of a section to vthe needles of a knit- ;ting machine capable ofknitting plain fabric, and then knitting a continuingplain'web ing-'the'shogged stitches together in pairs@ to a transfer implement fortransfer to the needles. of a knitting machineV capable of knittingplain .-fabric. 8.- The method of knitting an 'article havingribbedparts and plain parts, which' comprises the formation ofa succession ofunited Webs of rib knitting each havingtherein one or'-more loosecourses of stitches shogged into overlying relation in pairs, thereafterseparating' said4 Webs at points near the shogged courses;` andthereafter applying.

each pair of overlying stitches of a shogged.

course to a needle of a knitting machine capable of 'knitting plainfabric,l and then knitting a continuing plain` web uponsaid machine.9.'The method of knitting an article having ribbed parts and plainparts, which comprises the formation offa succession, of

united Webs of a uniform-number of wales shogged into overlying relationin pairs, thereafter severing said web into sections ending near ashogged course, and thereafter applymg the over ying .stitches of ashogged upon said machine.

'of rib 'knitting throughout having in each Web one'or more coursesincluding stitches 'of one face and stitches ofthe other face 10. Themethodv of knitting comprising.

rst :forming a length of tubular ribbed web having in integralsuccessionsuiiicient sections of fabric for a top or border for a'garment, joined together by a loose course for transfer to the needlesof another Amachine in doubled relation, the operation includingshogging'the face Wales of one section of fabric into a different'relation with respect.

-to the back Wales at the loose course and maintaining .the Wales intheir new relation throughout the next' section of fabric,'there afterseparating the fabric into portions -each Acontaining' a loose courseand -someof the fabricof each ribbed section, and thereaftertransferring the loose course to the needles of `a knitting machine.l Y

In testimony whereof, I have signed myt .name to this specificationintheA presence of two subscribing Witnesses. ROBERT

